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DAHITI Water Levels

Database for Hydrological Time Series of Inland Waters. Satellite altimetry water levels for lakes, reservoirs and rivers.

Water level time series from multi-mission altimetry, plus surface area, volume change and hypsometry for many lakes and reservoirs.

Source
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (TUM)
Resolution
Virtual stations
Data type
Station data
Time span
1992–present
Temporal
Satellite repeat cycle (10 to 35 days)
Access type
API (external) · Free account and API key
Formats
CSV, JSON, NetCDF
Coverage
Global (-180, -90, 180, 90)
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Provider page
dahiti.dgfi.tum.de/

Cite as. Schwatke, C., Dettmering, D., Bosch, W., Seitz, F. (2015). DAHITI, an innovative approach for estimating water level time series over inland waters using multi-mission satellite altimetry. HESS, 19, 4345–4364. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-4345-2015

Access

linkDAHITI portal and API documentation

https://dahiti.dgfi.tum.de/

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/dahiti/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

Also available as JSON: links · manifest · dataset record